Excerpt from Construction and Manufacture of AutomobilesThe following description of a 40 H. P. Automobile, built by the stevens-duryea Company, of Chicopee Falls, Mass may, except for certain important details which will be specifically mentioned, be taken as typical of the design of high-grade cars in general. In Fig. 1 is shown a side View of the Model Y, 40 horsepower, six-cylinder machine, with 36-inch wheels and 142-inch wheelbase. An automobile may be divided into two parts' - the body and the chassis. The former is the product of the carriage-maker's art, the latter of the mechanic's.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.